CVE-2019-0566
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge Browser Broker COM object, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge Browser Broker COM object, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Edge.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 18.62% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 January 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- microsoft/edge
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 16.1% on 21 September 2026 to 18.6% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0566Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46161/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0566Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46161/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.